Handle for coal-hods and the like.



A. R. PRITCHARD.

HANDLE FOR GOAL HODS AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOAIION FILED P219, 1912.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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ALBERT R. PRITCHARD, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THELISK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, OE CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK, ACORPORATION, AND ONE-HALF TO PRITGHARD STAMPING COMPANY, OF ROCH- ESTER,NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HANDLE FOR COAL-HODS AND THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT R. PRITGI-I- ARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handlesfor Coal-Hods and the Like, of which the following is a speeification.

This invention relates to handles, of the bail type, for use inconnection with coalhods, buckets, or similar vessels.

The object of the invention is to produce a handle which will permit thevessel to be freely tilted to discharge its contents, the handle beingso constructed, however, that when not in use it remains in uprightposit-ion, so as to be conveniently grasped. To this end I employ anovel and simple construction by which the handle is retained in raisedposition without recourse to resilient means for this purpose, the endsor eyes of the bail-shaped handle, and the lugs or ears by which theyare connected with the body of the coal-bod, or other vessel, being soconstructed that the handle is automatically locked and retained inupright position by the action of its own Weight when released by theuser.

The invention is more particularly described as embodied in theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a side-elevation of a coal-hod provided with a handle embodying theinvention, the handle being in its normal position; Fig. 2 is aside-elevation, on a larger scale, of a portion of the handle, includingone of the ears and the cooperating extremity of the bail; Fig. 3 is anelevation of the same parts, seen from the right of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is aplan-view, in section on the line 44 in Fig. 3; and Figs. 5, 6 and 7 areviews similar to Figs. 2, 3 and 4, except that they show the parts inthe position assumed when the handle is in use to support the coal-hod.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention sheet-metal ears 10 aresecured in the usual manner to the sides of the coalhod adjacent theupper edge thereof, and these ears are perforated to receive the endsSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 9, 1912.

Patented Dec. 31,1912.

Serial No. 676,675.

of the bail 11. Each end of the bail is bent to form an eye 12, whichengages the perforation 13 in the corresponding car. Just above thisperforation the sheet-metal of the car is bent outwardly or offset at14, to form a vertical recess which overhangs and is vertically in linewith the perforation 13. The bail 11, at the lower inner part of the eye12, has an outwardly-inclined portion 15, as shown particularly in Figs.3 and 6. WVhen the handle is in use to support the vessel the eye isdrawn upwardly so as to engage the upper part of the perforation, asshown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, and in this position of the parts the body ofthe vessel may be swung freely to discharge its contents, the ears beingfree to move pivotally upon the eyes 12 of the bail. Vhen the vessel isset down upon a horizontal surface, however, the bail being at this timein a vertical position, and being released in this position by the user,descends into the position of Figs. 2, 3 and 4c, the inclined portion 15sliding downwardly and outwardly in the perforation and thus permittingor forcing the end of the bail to move outwardly and into the recessedportion 14 of the ear. Through the engagement of the inclined portion 15with the ear the bail is wedged in this position, so that it cannot movepivotally in the ear, and accordingly the handle is retained positivelyin upright position.

Although only one of the cars 10 is illustrated in the drawings, it willbe understood that a pair of cars are employed in the usual manner. Inthe most complete embodiment of the invention both ears and both ends ofthe bail are of similar construction, so as to provide a double lock forthe handle but this arrangement is not essential, as it is sutlicient toemploy the novel construction above described in one ear and thecorresponding end of the bail, in order to produce the locking actiondescribed.

It will be understood that in the claim where I have described therelative position of the parts by the terms inner and outwardly theseterms are employed merely for convenience in describing such relativeposition, and that the device would operate in a substantially similarmanner provided these relative positions were reversed, and it is not,therefore, intended to limit the claim in this respect.

I claim A handle, for coal-hods and the like, comprising an ear having aperforation, and a recess, on its inner surface, extending from theperforation to the upper edge of the ear; and a bail having an eyepivoted in the perforation of the ear, the inner, lower portion of theear being outwardly and downwardly inclined so as to force the eye,under the influence of the weight of the bail, outwardly into lockingengagement with the recess.

ALBERT R. PRITCHARD.

l/Vitnesses D. GURNEE, L. THON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Eatents Washington, D. G.

